Kafa
Old Norse Dictionary - kafa
Meaning of Old Norse word "kafa"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- kafa
- að, to dive, swim under water, Jb. 403, Eg. 142, Fs. 92, Fms. iii. 4, Stj. 75, Fbr. 100 new Ed., Grett. 131, 141; kafa upp, to emerge, Stj. 249, passim: of a ship, to be swamped in a heavy sea, síðan kafaði skipit, Fas. ii. 492: reflex. to plunge into water, Sks. 116, N. G. L. ii. 284.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛅᚠᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- L.
- Linnæus.
- reflex.
- retlexive.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fbr.
- Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Jb.
- Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)